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[flyingdumbo127]

Good morning everyone. Dear Lynn, this place really does need to be shut down. I honestly don't know how it stays open. I may have shared previously that this facility has changed ownership several times in recent years. Dad and I think this has to be part of the reason the doors are still opened here because citations or warnings may just transfer between owners. Dear Snowysmom, this place really is the worst in how it's run! Just awful.

Dear Lynn please indeed don't overdo. Dad and I would love to move but we can't afford to do so. You just take care!

Dear Snowysmom, I am sorry about all the work upheaval. I am glad you had the meeting. Enjoy the nice weather and for me.

K, the 3pm to 11pm charge nurse last night in my section, told me she would do her best to get new A moved. 9:15pm was the last time I spoke with her. She had no update other than she was waiting for another person (perhaps a supervisor, I don't know) to come.

K did ask if I wanted to move in with D into room 133. As I said D seemed friendly. Her room is more compact than this one and/or its layout makes it seeem smaller. I would have been bed A closest to the door. I much prefer being bed B by the window. It's loud enough here as it is that I don't want to be nearer to outside in the hallway noise by being bed A! The bathroom in that room 133 is a few feet from the end of D's bed. It's compact and in a tight space. There would be little room for me to manuever the wheelchair in and out. The bathroom in this room 108 is in the middle of the room with more than enough space on either side.I easily navigate in and out.

The latest update is from almost 2 hours ago. Yes I was up at 5:30am because new A was screaming in reaction to having been changed. The nurse at my station desk apologized and just said that is new A. Social Services won't be here until 9am, I don't think. Something needs to be done. I don't want old A back as my roommate. We know that= huge sleep issues for me. At this point she might be the best option because she's known :/ God willing, I will have a positive update later. I am truly grateful to God for some sleep and this blessed new day.

Love to all. I will check back later.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good late afternoon and evening my dear friends. Dad just left. He's exhausted physically and, of course, from all this. New A has been almost continuously manic talking including to imaginery people, crying, cursing, etc. Dad said (and he was so right) that we really weren't able to have a normal conversation over lunch :'(

Anything sets A off from being changed to people trying to get her to eat regular food to of course her tube feeding to seeing me wheel into the bathroom or dad and I go out the door to this room. No rhyme or reason it's so very sad.

I just talked with K, the charge nurse once again at my station. She really has/is trying. Not up to her. She told us there just aren't empty rooms. The only beds are middle ones (three person room) for people with Medicare. It doesn't sound like new A uses Medicare to pay to be here. The morning charge nurse, I, feels badly for me, too but again it's not up to her.

C, the director of this terrible place, no surprise never did come by this morning as he said yesterday he would. Dad and I went by his office a few times either the door was closed or that it was empty (we were told he was here somewhere. No idea when he would be back. Helpful, huh)? We reminded the lady at the front desk to please ask C to come talk to me before he goes home this evening. She already had let him know I was waiting to talk to him.

J, my charge nurse friend, whose birthday was yesterday is here today. She promised to come by my room later.

Dad did measure our very narrow bathroom doorway. It's a good 13 inches less than the bathroom doorway in this room. So that won't work for me right now.

I know, of course, God has this and us. I pray to be of good kind courage. I am just tired and of course of this situation. Thank you all always for your love, prayers, and listening.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

As a not positive update to my above post. I spent 15 minutes waiting by C's office for him to return. When he finally did it was a few minutes to 5pm. He ackowledged my comment that he came back (before 5pm). He promptly goes into his office and shuts the door. 5 minutes later he comes out ready to ignore me and go home.

I reminded C I had been waiting for him all day. His response was he didn't have an answer. He tried to pass me off to J the admissions lady. I just said I am here to talk to you. After all that, both C and J said they have no answer other than there are no rooms. I asked who can be switched. I told them why. They don't care. There will supposedly be discharges over the weekend. Maybe next week something can be done. I also had to explain about the bathroom in here and that if I did move, which I don't want to, a new room would have to have the same configuration.

PLEASE take extra care of yourselves dear Quacker family. Don't ever find yourself in a similar situation!